The best part of summer is actually the cold watermelon. Whether it is to bite into the slices or juice it up, the watermelons run from breakfast to dinner. On the flip side, there is so much peel that you are going to waste. Over the period of time, we have found ways and means to add the white part of the rind easily into our meals. We hide them in juices, toss them in sabji, make kootu curry with it and more. The green peels rarely get used. This is where I find the watermelon rind thogaya...| Mildly Indian
The banana leaf sadhya made for Onam, Vishu or any of the Kerala festivals has an array of side dishes that are served on the top half of the leaf. Some of these we have posted earlier Aviyal Thoran Pachadi Kichadi Erisherry Mango pickle However, the mildest, creamy yet simple olan is missed if it is not on the leaf. Have you made it? What is olan? Olan is a slow cooked stew made with gourds cooked in coconut milk. It is a mild creamy curry that predominantly uses ashgourd and pumpkins. Depen...| Mildly Indian
I was recently watching the Megan and Harry series on Netflix. There was one particular part I actually liked. The friends' idea for the new year is to set a word. My instant reaction to that was wow, that's profound. Rather than having a resolution that you drop off after a few days, finding a word that is adding meaning to you in multiple ways sounded far better. Guess what word I am choosing...after a bit of thought! Imperfect that is my word. As we evolve this year I will share with...| Mildly Indian
Check out how to make this easy lentil vegetable stew, an easy sambhar recipe, that is vegan and gluten-free. Pair it with your savoury breakfast, lunch menu or evening snack, podipotta sambhar always finds a place in the meal. Walk into a tambhram house anyday there will be sambhar on the menu. Yet the sambhars are all different. There is arachu vitta sambhar, podipotta sambhar, pasi parippu sambhar, thenga paal sambhar, sada (ordinary)sambhar, pressure cooker sambhar, udupi sambhar, darshin...| Mildly Indian
Every visit amma keeps some treasures for us. This visit she had a bharani (jar) of crisp tender mangoes in brine. Through my jet-lagged eyes too I was happily eyeing them and she knows me so well that she opened the jar, selected a crisp one and placed it with lunch on my plate. The first bite into the tender mangoes I knew it was mums love. Before leaving amma explained the process of making this maanga uppilitathu that I am sharing with you. How to select tender mangoes for uppilitathu? ...| Mildly Indian
